Gordon phillips



TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GORDON PHILLIPS, OF COBALT, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WATER-HEAD-PRODUGING DEVICE.

Application filedApril 16. 1918. Serial No. 228.860.

1 '0 all 'LUILOH't'it may concern:

. Be it known that I, GonnoN PHILLIPS, of

the town of Cobalt, in the district of Nipis-' sing, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVater-Head-Producing Devices, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in water head. producing devices and the object of the invention is to devise means for increasing the volume of water produced by an incoming wave at a given point to produce a head of water utilizable for power purposes and it consists essentially of the following arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure l, is a general perspective View of my device.

Fig. 2, is a lOngitUdiIIal section through Fig. 1.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 and 2 indicate a pair of opposing sea walls, which extend outwardly to any desired extent into the sea, the upper edges of such walls increasing gradually in height from their outer to their inner ends, the outer ends being designed to extend considerably above the sea level. 3 and 4 indicate parallel walls also extending inwardly from the outer end of the walls 1 and 2. 5 indicates a cross wall connecting the inner ends of the walls 3 and 41 together. 6 indicates a cross wall forming a continuation of the wall 1 and extending between the inner end of such wall and the wall 5 thereby dividing the chamber formed by the walls 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 into two compartments 7 and 8. 2 are walls connecting the walls 1 and 3, 2 and 4 together.

.At the inner ends of the walls 1 and 2 and on the sea bed is formed a structure 9, the upper face of which is curved upwardly at 10 toward its inner edge. 11 indicates a cross wall extending between the walls 1 and 2, such wall being in the form of a gate valve held in gwideways 12 and 13 and operated to move vertically so as to adjust the level of the upper edge of the wall 11 by a vertical screw 13 operating in internally' threaded brackets 14 and 15, such screw being rotated by any suitable means such as a bevel gear connection is and 1.7 driven by the shaft 184 19 indicates a return valve by which the' water as it passes into the compartment? 18 passed outwardly again into the sea after belng utilized.

Having described the principal parts involved in my invention I will briefly describe the operation of the same.

The incoming wave passes between the walls 1 and 2 and as it passes between such walls it is concentrated so as to increase in depth of volume as the wave breaks upon the curved surface 10. This curved surface directs the wave upwardly so as to pass over the cross wall 1 1 into the compartment 8. The water so gathered is retained in the compartment 8 until it overflows the cross wall 6 and as it flows over such wall may be utilized to drive any form of machinery such as a turbine located in a suitable position. The overflowing water is received in the compartment 7 and as the weight of the water increases it is forced out through the valve 19 back into the sea.

The cross wall 11 has been made vertically adjustable so as to allow for the different levels to which the water would rise as the tide flows in and out.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simple device whereby the power of an incoming wave may be utilized to a maximum extent, the water resulting from each successive wave being gathered into a suitable receptacle to form a head, which may be utilized for power purposes.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a water head producing device, a pair of opposing sea walls extending outwardly into the water and converging together at their inner ends, a cross wall extending between the inner ends of the converging wall, a chamber designed to receive the water passing over the crOss wall, an overflow wall extending across such water receiving chamber. and means for adjusting the height of the cross wall.

2. In a water head producing device, a pair of opposing sea walls extending outwardly into the water and converging together at their inner ends, a wave receiving structure having its upper face curving upwardly toward its inner edge, a cross wall extending between the inner ends of the converging wall and extending upwardly from the upwardly curved edge of the wave receiv ing StZl-lfililll'fiyfi chamber designed to receive the Water passing over the cross WZIJL' and overflow W211i extending across such Water an overflow Wall extending across such Water receiving chamber, a chamber designed to receiving chamber. 7 i receivethe Water passing over the overflow 3. In a, Water head prodncing device, 2 all, and non-return valve located in the 5 pair of opposing sea Wallsextending out- Wall of the cha mber to allow the return of 15 wardly into the Water and converging tothe Water into the sea.

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